A variant of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A rare complication in the electrophysiology lab

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Collen, Jacob ^a,b   Bimson, William ^a   Devine, Patrick ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIURESIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LUNG EDEMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QT PROLONGATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART STROKE VOLUME;

ADULT; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 62449094142     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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